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How much to feed my pup?

I have an 11 week old pup who eats all of her meals absolutely ravenously, so our vet has recently suggested that she is ready to go to two meals a day (from three). If she is eating with a healthy appetite, digesting well and staying energetic, is there any reason not to make the switch?

I agree with Nicki, puppies have small stomachs, and overloading them with two larger meals too early will probably give her 'the runs' I like to keep a puppy on 4 meals till approz 12 wks, then three meals a day - slowly making the midday meal a little smaller and the morning and evening meals a bit larger, until I cut out the midday one at about 5+ months. All dogs are different though, so you have to be flexible! Hope this helps.

ps - Your puppy looks really sweet - and healthy - so you must be doing it right.

I'll just echo what Yorkysue and Nicki have said - feed her three meals a day until around 6 months. I'd stay on the schedule you're on for now. By the way, all of my dogs ate ravenously as puppies - and they still do!

Thank you for all the advice!
I'm feeding her about 120g of Royal Canin Mini Babydog (recommended by my breeder to ~ 4mos.). She's a little thing, at just 2.5kg at 11 weeks, but the breeder's line runs about 7-10kg on average. I think she may have developed a bit of a complex during feeding times, where she needs to eat all of her food as quickly as possible before her bigger sisters can get to it - she literally trembles with anticipation when we put on her snood and set down her food.
Is there anything I can do to help calm her down or is it nothing to worry about at this stage?